The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-08-04
POiSON in luE ASHES
What the Mt. Lebanon Shakers
FOund-Incident in the His
tory Of a Quiet Community.

and worry Of the outside world.
They are widely known, how
ever, for their strict honor and
pF6}bitty business.
The Shakers believe that ma
ture has remedy for every dis
ease. A few have been found
the rest are as yet unknown.
Many were discovered by acct
dent. Others came to light as
the result of patient experiment
and research.
Nervous Dyspepsia is a COM
paratively meaO disease, growing
out of the conditions of modern
life, 1t is a joint affection of
the digestive organs and of the
nervous system. These two
were formerly treated as sepa-
rate ailments, and it was left
for the clear-sighted Shakers
to prove that the basis of this
terrible and often fatal compli-
cation lies chiefly in the disord-
cred and depraved functions of
digestion and nutrition. They
reasoned thus:-"If we can in
duce the stomach to do its
work, and stimulate the excre-
tive organs to drive out of the
body the poisonous waste mat
ters which remain after the life
giving elements of the food
have been absorbed, we shall
have conquered Nervous Dys-
pepsia and Nervous Exhaust
ion. And they were right.
Knowing the infallible power
Of Shaker Extract (Seigel's
Syrup in less complicated
though sim lar diseases,
they resolved to test it fully
in this. To leave no ground
for doubt they prescribed the
remedy i'll hundreds of cases
which had been pronounced in
curable-with perfect success
in every instance where their
directions as to living and diet
were scrupulously followed.
Nervous Dyspepsia and Ex-
haustion is a peculiarly Ameri-
can disease. To q greater or
less extent half the people Of
this country suffer from it
both sexes and all ages. In no
country in the world are I re
50 many insane asyIms t.jIel
to overlowing, all reslt.l ing
fem this alarming disease. lis
lDading symptoms are these;
frequent or continual head
ache; q dull pain at the base
Of the brain; bad breath nau-
seous eructations; the rising
Of sour end pungent fluids to
the throat; a sense of oppress-
ion ana faintness at the pit of
the stomach; fatulence; wake
fulness sad loss Of sleep; dis
gust with food even when
weak il9m the need fit; sticky
or shiny MISTER on the teeth or
in the a2uth, especially on ris-
ing in the morning; furred and
coated tongue; dull eyes; cold
hands and feet; constipation !;
dry or rough skin; inability to
fix the mind on any labor call
ING for continuous attention;
and oppressive and sad fore.
bodings and fears.
All this terrible group
Shaker Extract (SeigeIs
Syrup removes by its pos
tive, powerful, direct yet
painless and gentle action upon
the functions of digestion and
assim,@;ion. Those elements
of the food that build up and
stYn zen the system are sent
upon heir mission, while all
waste EATERS (the ashesof LIES
fire. which unremoved, poison
and kin, are expelled from the
body through the bowels, kid
neys aal skin. The weak and
proshatod nerves are quoted,
toned and fed by the purified
blood. As the result, health.
with its cujoylnents, blessings
and power, returns to the sui
ferer who had, perhaps, aband
oned all hope of ever seeing
another well day.
The ex,school taxgatherer OF Coz
ehOhOol-nn pa hos diSoOnnorod VIII